Two things seem to stick out for me and I am referring to the .COM thread that is the main topic of this thread.

The first concerning thing is...

WHAT exactly is CA’s communication policy? I mean here we have a CA staffer with 7 posts to his name coming onto the .COM forum and basically dropping a bomb on a topic that by all rights needs a far more comprehensive answer than the one given. I say this only because of the amount of time invested by the Forum members in the debate. How he determined what contribution he was making by saying what he did would now be a discussion at his EXIT INTERVIEW with the company if I was a manager of CA!!

I mean they clearly DON'T take it in turns to answer questions!! What are they doing?? Flipping a coin? Posting only when there is a full moon? Waiting for spring? WHAT!! Clearly it is a public forum for anyone to join but if I was CA Management I would be strictly controlling any and all access of my staff to this site due to what it represents to the company.

This particular CA staffer over at the COM seems to be in his early 20's and certainly not qualified to officially answer a question of this level. I am saying this because I am starting to regard his post as only "One Point of View" inside CA on this issue.

The second is rather hard to ignore. TAKE DIMEBAGHOE'S very bloody basic test parameters and DO IT!! I mean it either turns out similar to what he is saying or it doesn't. THERE IS very little room to manoeuvre due to the extreme nature of his results. I'm not going to go into my own observations as it clearly will add nothing to the massive amount of work already done. In the end this is a very SIMPLE thing to test. How to fix it is the complex part.

BUT, one thing I have noted in my time managing multiple software systems (I'm non-technical) is that when you have this amount of discussion and quantitative evidence then there IS a bloody fire somewhere and just because YOU (see CA) can't find it, doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist!!

To have this CA "clown" drop his 2 cents worth like he did, would have gotten his hand nailed to the boardroom table with a steak knife by me personally if he was on my project.

This obviously is not directed at any of you gentlemen and I appreciate this forum for the sensible and rational environment if has. I just had to leave the reservation for a moment. I also appreciate the .COM "uberwacht" moderators for taking the time to come over here and have a discussion with these board members.

Have a good day or evening gentlemen.